Lake Bluff board approves yacht‑club boathouse design, keeps 6‑foot ornamental fence and asks for final colors

The Lake Bluff Architectural Board on a vote approved the design review for a proposed Lake Bluff Yacht Club boathouse at 503 Sunrise Avenue, accepting the applicant’s smaller, one‑story design and an ornamental six‑foot fence while conditioning final approval on a separate submission of the building’s trim and door colors.

The applicant’s presenter (speaker 8) and designer Ted Stanaszak presented a substantially scaled‑back building from the prior two‑story plan: Stanaszak said the structure has been lowered to “essentially 1 story” with a front dormer and that total height was reduced to 15 feet 9 inches from about 24 feet. The design calls for heat‑treated wood siding, a galvalume (galvanized) standing‑seam roof and painted barn doors; the board expressed concerns about finishes and…